Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.

Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

The Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner, position is part of the Consumer Products and Processing (“CPP”) finance team and is responsible for finance support and analyses for the global core product business teams. CPP is responsible for global stewardship of the Company’s core product offerings including strategy, product design and value propositions for debit, credit and prepaid as well as management of Cardholder Solutions, Digital Solutions, Global Processing and Prepaid Management. The finance team partners with the CPP business to drive initiatives and support all financial aspects of the business strategies. The primary function of this role will be to support the Cardholder Solutions group of products within CPP.

Role

• Development of materials to support ongoing business reviews: Monthly Performance Packages, Operating Reviews, scorecard updates and KPI dashboard reviews, including push to automate and create efficiencies in the reporting processes.
• Develop, track, and analyze key business performance metrics on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
• Collaborate with accounting, reporting and FP&A teams on financial forecasts and maintain ongoing assessment of spending risks/opportunities.
• Partner with Product and Product Finance to review and prioritize various investments to achieve sustainable business growth.
• Support efforts to develop net revenues and profitability for Product categories.
• Support effective cost management and efficiency efforts.

All About You

• A proven track record of accomplishments (Cards/Payments industry a plus but not required)
• Demonstrated thought leadership with the ability to translate raw data into meaningful information and to present complex information in a concise professional manner for senior management review.
• Advanced modeling and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Comfortable with occasional ambiguity and able to make calculated decisions with limited data.
• Excellent project management, follow up and organizational skills.
• Strong prioritization skills to balance multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to handle confidential information and materials with appropriate discretion.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable interacting with all levels of management
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related discipline, Chartered Accountant or MBA (preferably in Finance/General Management)

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.